Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why? Richard Fisher visits the Future Library in Oslo to find out. One recent Sunday ...

The Norwegian Court Lodging Act stipulates that all publications of all media should be delivered to the Norwegian National Library. At such a Norwegian National Library, a digitization program for ...

David Mitchell, the celebrated author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, has completed a new manuscript. But it’s unlikely any of his fans will get to read it: The book will be unread and unpublished ...

Kirsti Langstoyl has a data recovery problem that might require a seance to solve. But she’ll take a good IT professional with a knack for data recovery. Langstoyl, librarian at the Ivar Aasen Centre ...

Some will never know if their books were appreciated by readers, many of whom aren’t born yet. Every year for 100 years, a different author will contribute to the “Future Library”, a collection of ...

Kirsti Langstoyl has a data recovery problem that might require a seance to solve. But she’ll take a good IT professional with a knack for data recovery. And now there’s even a reward of sorts for ...

Every year since 2014, the Scottish artist Katie Paterson has invited a prominent writer to submit a manuscript, and the commissioning will continue until 2113. Then, a century after the project ...